Beginner Gardening: Help in picking a tree., 1 by xShadeWraithx

xShadeWraithx wrote:
This is our very first home and the builder left us with a very sad excuse for landscaping.

Anyway, they put in a Yaupon Holly tree where the focus of our flowerbed should be and this tree is just downright sad.

I am in Dallas, Texas (Zone 8) and I am looking for a replacement tree.

I would like something bright and showy and I do not like plants with yellow as the main show color.

My other problem is this spot is kind of up against my house, with a gutter drain above where the tree will be planted.

The gutter makes me worry a little as the tree there is doing so poorly and when I read up on basic causes for trees that look like this it was over watering.

We really do not get much rain here in Texas, it comes in, dumps a whole bunch and then the storm is gone in an hour or two.

I am currently looking at either a Pink Dogwood (I think this might get too big/tall for that area) or possibly a Jane Magnolia.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

This message was edited Sep 30, 2009 9:05 AM